We were told to choose a side
so we built two cliffs
and argued about the colour of the fall.
Left waved a flag,
Right waved a mirror,
both fell equally fast.
Someone shouted save the unborn,
someone else shouted save the women,
the hospital burned quietly
while they debated metaphors.
War arrived dressed as necessity,
said it hated violence,
asked politely for our sons.
A man warned us about lizards.
Another warned us about migrants.
Both were afraid of the same thing
but it didn’t fit on a placard.
Truth tried to speak once
but was interrupted
by another panel discussion.
Reality never joined in the argument.
It just kept doing what it does—
soil thinning, animals disappearing, bullets obeying physics.
In the end,
while everyone made their own reality,
the bill arrived at the same address
.
Ceteris Paribus 